The Trials of Alvin BraggThe Manhattan DA was meant to reform New York’s justice system and bring down Donald Trump. Three months into his tenure, both prospects look shaky.
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Got HerAfter skating for years, Ghislaine Maxwell is convicted of sexually abusing girls with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Last ChanceJeffrey Epstein escaped justice. Now his victims nervously await the trial of his alleged accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Nickel and DimedFor sixteen years, the United Homeless Organization’s plastic donation jugs have been ubiquitous around town.
Shepard Fairey Keeps Hope AliveEven Shepard Fairey’s assistants are appropriated. It’s 1 p.m. and 80 degrees on December 2 in Miami, where Fairey’s installing an 80-foot-long […]
86 Minutes With Alec BaldwinThe Philharmonic’s new announcer on his Mahler-conversion moment, his impatience with pop music, and his classically trained fantasy wife.
Madoff Sell-offBernie Madoff’s summer home went on sale via the Corcoran Group, part of a vast collection of his properties that are being sold to help reimbur […]
I Am My Own WifeAs a new generation discovers artist Genesis P-Orridge, he fulfills a quixotic long-term project: turning himself into his late spouse.
Two for the MoneyKatherine Farley, just named chairwoman of Lincoln Center, is the wife of Jerry Speyer, chairman of MoMA. How much philanthropy can one couple h […]
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Zombies Invade Governors IslandYesterday, volunteers hopped the ferry to film the final scene of a movie called ‘Isle of the Dead.’
Lastly, Play the Odds (But Just for Fun)William Powhida cheekily predicted which of his fellow artists would still be star properties in the future. We asked other art-world types to w […]
The Opportunist’s Guide to ArtLet’s be clear: Buying art is always a luxury, and especially right now. That said, if you’re sitting on a little money and craving a little bea […]
Columbia J-School’s Existential CrisisThe media bloodbath has made for unhappy days uptown, and a fight for change is brewing in the school’s hallowed halls.
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MoMA Denies Being Complicit With Poster BoyCBS Outdoor, the firm that installed MoMA’s ads in the Atlantic-Pacific subway station, believes MoMA approved of Poster Boy’s remix.
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Poster Boy Remixes MoMA Subway AdsOn February 10, the Museum of Modern Art launched one of its most extensive and expensive advertising campaigns in history. Then Poster Boy showed up.
Home Decorating With the ObamasAt a time when people are having trouble holding on to their houses, Barack and Michelle Obama have sensibly decided not to use taxpayers’ money […]
White Collared TVLarry Levine, who advises white-collar criminals, isn’t afraid of publicity—last week he claimed to have been sought out by Bernie Madoff. Now h […]
Lehman’s Taste FuturesKathy Fuld, the wife of former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld, is a trustee at MoMA, and the bankrupt firm owns pieces by Jasper Johns and Frank […]
Steel’s New DealWill the New York City Opera greet the first season under new general manager George Steel with a strike?
Met Borrows Against Lobby ChagallsIn a move described by a Metropolitan Opera board member as “a decision of last resort,” the company has collateralized the giant Chagalls in i […]
Downsides of PatronageBefore global finance crashed, Robert Jain commissioned twelve artists to create works inspired by Wall Street terminology.